Robyn Maynard

Robyn Maynard is a Canadian writer and academic.[1] She is most noted for her 2017 book Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present, an examination of anti-Black Canadian racism in Canada.[2] Its French translation won the Prix des Libraires du Québec (2019) in the essay category.[3]

Her writing has also appeared in publications including the Washington Post, the World Policy Journal, the Toronto Star, Canadian Woman Studies, Scholar and Feminist Online and Maisonneuve.

In 2020 she was shortlisted for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, Canada's literary award for emerging LGBTQ writers.[4]

References
  1. Tayo Bero, "Robyn Maynard Is Writing Canada's Hard Truths". Chatelaine, August 20, 2020.
  2. Ryan B. Patrick, "Why Robyn Maynard wrote a book exposing the underreported history of racial injustice in Canada". CBC Books, October 13, 2017.
  3. ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts-. "Prix des libraires 2019 : NoirEs sous surveillance et Uiesh –Quelque part parmi les œuvres primées". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  4. Ryan Porter, "Finalists announced for the 2020 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ Emerging Writers". Quill & Quire, August 25, 2020.


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